Sketch of a dog

A rapidly drawn sketch of a dog - a study for a more extensive drawing. Night-time is suitable for this kind of precise work, especially during dark Finnish winter time.

Isola, Slovenia

A warm summer day in 2007. The neighborhood of the hotel was hiding behind trees and bushes - everything green! This B&W picture was drawn by me just before the strong thunderstorm attacked the small city of Isola in the evening: lightning and rain vere really heavy!

"Under the volcano cloud"

The last holiday trip to Crete was most exciting because the volcanic eruption in Island happened on the very same week as our trip took place. Total stop of air traffic from/to Crete led to an extended holiday period of 1,5 weeks and allowed some extra walking in the surroundings of the hotel, some 20 km westward from Hania. This color pencil landscape was finished by me not before last week when some small but still importand details were refined. - I will thank my teacher Minna who helped me significantly in this task!

Mr. Pumpkin

A relatively small pumpkin from my garden. Drawing was made with color pencils.

Final step of Slovenia landscape

The long-lasting work with Slovenia landscape is now finished. It reflects the "constructivity" which I try to avoid in the future - much more "impressionism" is needed, I think.

Harvest time has begun!

Harvest time has already begun! Fresh mushrooms are available for free in Finnish forests. Onions and carrots also are soon ready to exit the garden soil. Autumn is coming!

Happy Fisherlady in Finland and Norway

Here are two pictures presenting Happy Fisherlady in Finland (color) and Norway (B&W).
The benefits of calligraphy pens, 1 to 3 mm, are obvious: they are easy to use and they give various widths of lines. Color pencils can then easily be applied to B&W drawings on site or afterwards.